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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

09/14/2025 By Global Voices

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Israel’s Netanyahu facing off against the supreme Court and proposing to limit judicial Independence – and 3 other Threats to Israeli Democracy

Israel’s Netanyahu facing off against the supreme Court and proposing to limit judicial Independence – and 3 other Threats to Israeli Democracy

By Boaz Atzili, American University School of International Service | – Democracy is not just about holding elections. It is a set of institutions, ideas […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Why 1.8 Billion Muslims are Furious: By Status Quo, Jordan is supposed oversee their 3rd Holiest Shrine, in Jerusalem, but Israel won't Let it

Why 1.8 Billion Muslims are Furious: By Status Quo, Jordan is supposed oversee their 3rd Holiest Shrine, in Jerusalem, but Israel won’t Let it

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli occupation forces detained the Director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Omar Al-Kiswani, as […]

Middle East Monitor

Peace
America has staged 392 military Interventions since 1776; How Can we Have fewer in Future?

America has staged 392 military Interventions since 1776; How Can we Have fewer in Future?

By Nan Levinson | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – I like to sing and what I like best is to do so at the top […]

Tomdispatch

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Israel Plunged into Constitutional Crisis as Supreme Court Orders Corrupt Netanyahu Cabinet Minister to Step Down and He Refuses

Israel Plunged into Constitutional Crisis as Supreme Court Orders Corrupt Netanyahu Cabinet Minister to Step Down and He Refuses

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel has entered a profound constitutional crisis, after the country’s Supreme Court insisted that Shas Party leader Aryeh Makhlouf Deri, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
New Israeli Power Broker seeks to rewrite History to justify Violence against Palestinians

New Israeli Power Broker seeks to rewrite History to justify Violence against Palestinians

By Curtis Hutt, University of Nebraska Omaha | – (The Conversation) – A right-wing Israeli politician is trying to recast a key part of American […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's has always been a 'Religious War': On Ben-Gvir and the Slipperiness of Zionism

Israel’s has always been a ‘Religious War’: On Ben-Gvir and the Slipperiness of Zionism

( Middle East Monitor ) – In a self-congratulatory article published in the Atlantic in 2017, Yossi Klein Halevi describes Israeli behaviour at the just-conquered […]

Ramzy Baroud

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Saudi Arabia must release Two of its Citizens Jailed for editing Wikipedia

Saudi Arabia must release Two of its Citizens Jailed for editing Wikipedia

By Advox | – ( Globalvoices.org) – Osama Khaled (L) and Ziyad Sufyani (R), two wikipedians who have been sentenced to 32 and 8 years […]

Global Voices

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EU, IEA:  Next 10 Years will See Greatest Industrial Transformation of our Times

EU, IEA: Next 10 Years will See Greatest Industrial Transformation of our Times

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Six million workers are employed globally in the $217 billion green energy industry today. But in only 8 years, they […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Is Israel's Netanyahu even worse than Trump?

Is Israel’s Netanyahu even worse than Trump?

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – The parallel trajectories of far-far right politicians accruing more power in the US and Israel is striking. Elements […]

H. Scott Prosterman

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